Spotlight TELEVISION Kathy Bates makes a case for a new 'Matlock' BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Sep 25, 2024 Sep 25, 2024 Updated Aug 14, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kathy Bates hasn’t told friends about her new series, “Matlock.” She’s too afraid she’ll spoil the surprises.kAm“%96 4@>A=6I:EJ @7 E96 C@=6 2?5 E96 HC:E:?8n x A:?49 >JD6=7 6G6CJ 52J[” D96 D2JD] “p H@>2? >J 286 H@F=5 ?6G6C 92G6 DF49 2 C@=6]”k^Am Kathy Bates stars in the new CBS series, "Matlock." Brooke Palmer/CBS kAmx? 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E96 =2DE d_ J62CD] x ;FDE =@G6 36:?8 23=6 E@ A=2J 2== E9@D6 5:776C6?E ?@E6D]”k^Am Kathy Bates often finds herself in the middle of bickering partners in "Matlock." Here she's between Jason Ritter and Skye P. Marshall. Sonja Flemming/CBS “Matlock” airs on CBS. Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Review: New take on classic 'Matlock' series is tasty, thanks to Kathy Bates “Matlock” is the potato chips of new television series. You get a taste and, before you know it, half the bag is gone. Skye's the limit: 'Matlock' star sees what she wants and goes for it To make a dream come true, “you’ve actually got to see it,” Skye P. Marshall explains. 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Review: New take on classic 'Matlock' series is tasty, thanks to Kathy Bates “Matlock” is the potato chips of new television series. You get a taste and, before you know it, half the bag is gone.
Skye's the limit: 'Matlock' star sees what she wants and goes for it To make a dream come true, “you’ve actually got to see it,” Skye P. Marshall explains.
Back where she wants to be: Reba McEntire returns to sitcoms with NBC's 'Happy’s Place' In the new NBC sitcom, Reba McEntire inherits a tavern from her father. What she doesn’t know is there’s a half-sister who also has a stake in it.
The Wayans way: 'Poppa's House' brings out the dad in Damon Wayans On “Poppa’s House,” Damon Wayans produces his podcast from his home so there aren’t “silos” of people to try and include. Here, podcast guests…
The law of change: 'Matlock's' set may look awfully familiar If that staircase in “Matlock” looks familiar, you were probably a viewer of “Good Sam,” a medical series that used the same set.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Matlock' could give Kathy Bates an Emmy The series wasn’t just another rewarmed reboot. It took an old Andy Griffith title, turned it on its head and gave it a new spin that kept vie…
